different between enviable vs admirable

English

Etymology

From Middle French enviable

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nvi.?bl?/

Adjective

enviable (comparative more enviable, superlative most enviable)

1. Arousing or likely to arouse envy.
   • c. 1870, Emile Gaboriau, Laura E. Kendall (translator) Monsieur Lecoq:

     This quarter of the city had at that time anything but an enviable reputation.

Related terms

• unenviable

Translations

Anagrams

• veniable

French

Etymology

envie +? -able

Adjective

enviable (plural enviables)

1. enviable

Further reading

• “enviable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Spanish

Adjective

enviable (plural enviables)

1. enviable

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French admirable, from Latin admirabilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æd.m??.?.b?l/, /?æd.m?.??.b?l/

Adjective

admirable (comparative more admirable, superlative most admirable)

1. Deserving of the highest esteem or admiration.

   It's admirable that Shelley overcame her handicap and excelled in her work.

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin admirabilis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?m.mi??a.bl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /am.mi??a.ble/
• Rhymes: -a?le

Adjective

admirable (masculine and feminine plural admirables)

1. admirable

Derived terms

• admirablement

Related terms

• admiració
• admirar

Further reading

• “admirable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Etymology

From Middle French admirable, borrowed from Latin admirabilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ad.mi.?abl/

Adjective

admirable (plural admirables)

1. admirable

Related terms

• admirer

Further reading

• “admirable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Alternative forms

• admirábel

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin admirabilis.

Adjective

admirable m or f (plural admirables)

1. admirable

Derived terms

• admirablemente

Related terms

• admiración
• admirar

Further reading

• “admirable” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin admirabilis.

Adjective

admirable m or f (plural admirables)

1. admirable

Descendants

• French: admirable

Scots

Adjective

admirable (comparative mair admirable, superlative maist admirable)

1. admirable

References

• Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin admirabilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /admi??able/, [að?.mi??a.??le]

Adjective

admirable (plural admirables)

1. admirable

Derived terms

• admirablemente

Related terms

• admiración
• admirar

Further reading

• “admirable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.